#1085 · 🐦 birds

Ovenbird

🇳🇱 Ovenvogel ·Seiurus aurocapilla

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Peter May · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © David Yeany · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0
4. Stanie Glen Rd, Watchung, NJ, US:© gekkorotto · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Bryant Park, New York, NY 10018, USA:© cmmteixeira · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Ashbridge's Bay Park, Toronto, ON, Canada:© brian stahls · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Salesforce Park, South Beach, San Francisco, CA, USA:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. United States:© cgbb2004 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sacele, Romania:© emiltodorov · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Hancock County, ME, USA:© Matthew Pintar · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The ovenbird ( Seiurus aurocapilla ) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family (Parulidae). This migratory bird breeds in eastern North America and winters in Central America, many Caribbean islands, Florida and northern Venezuela.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 32,569iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
32,569 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).